Responding to the challenge of fragility and security in West Africa /

Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Marc, Alexandre, 1956- (Autor), Verjee, Neelam (Autor), Mogaka, Stephen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015.
Temas:
National security > Africa, West.
Conflict management > Africa, West.
Political stability > Africa, West.
Gestion des conflits > Afrique occidentale.
Stabilité politique > Afrique occidentale.
Conflict management
National security
Political stability
West Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Trends in conflict and violence
  • An overview of conflict and violence in West Africa
  • Emerging threats : trafficking, maritime piracy, and religious extremism
  • The complex challenges of youth and migration
  • The struggle for greater fairness and equity : the challenge of regional imbalances and improved benefit from extractives
  • The fragility of political institutions : managing the competition for power
  • Security : responding to new threats
  • Land institutions : a neverending conundrum
  • Lessons in resilience : the end of the Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire conflicts
  • Improving the way donors and development agencies support the reduction of fragility
  • Annex : political leadership in West Africa.

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